Militants in Port Har-court, Rivers State yesterday morning kidnapped five Chinese nationals working for ATSC, an Abuja based landline Telecommunications Company at Rumuakunde in Emuoha Local Govern-ment Area of the state. Reports about the hostage taking indicate that the five … read more
Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode yesterday denied giving a directive that protocol officers at the nation’s airports should no longer be allowed to work there, noting that the circular reportedly crediting him with such a directive was at best a … read more
A Chinese team searched on Saturday for five telecoms workers kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta but there was no news on where they were and who was holding them, officials said. Gunmen broke into the apartment where the … read more
Long before there was an Ethiopian famine, a Rwandan genocide or an implosion of Congo, an obscure corner of Africa introduced the world to the civil wars and starving babies that would become grim and recurring hallmarks of the continent’s … read more
An Italian oil company has denied reports it tried to pay ransom money to release four employees being held by militants in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta. Four workers for the Agip oil firm were taken hostage a month ago. On Wednesday, … read more
Petroleum product marketers in Port Harcourt on Thursday began selling products to consumers in earnest following the failure of the Federal Government to hike the fuel price. Marketers had subjected motorists in Port Harcourt and its environs to what the … read more
Despite the havoc caused by their illegal activities in Abule Egba area of Lagos on December 26, 2006, pipeline vandals have shifted base to Isheri-Olofin along LASU-Idimu Road in the outskirts of Lagos. As a result, residents living along the … read more
The Federal Government has warned Virgin Atlantic and British Airways for treating Nigerians on board their flights with contempt. A statement from the office of the Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, states that the two airlines have been treating … read more
Rivers State Police Command on Thursday justified its continuation of stop-and-search operations on the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital, in order to check violent crimes in the state. The command deployed its officers and men in the streets … read more
Gunmen in Nigeria’s volatile southern Niger Delta abducted five Chinese workers in the early hours of Friday in what appeared to be a kidnapping for ransom, authorities and security sources said. The Chinese embassy in Abuja said it was in … read more